Roland Fehrenbacher <r...@q-leap.de> writes: >>>>>> "S" == Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> writes:
> S> No, see Policy ยง2.2.1: > S> In addition, the packages in *main* > S> > S> * must not require or recommend a package outside of *main* for > S> compilation or execution (thus, the package must not declare a "Pre- > S> Depends", "Depends", "Recommends", "Build-Depends", "Build-Depends- > S> Indep", or "Build-Depends-Arch" relationship on a non-*main* package > S> unless that package is only listed as a non-default alternative for > S> a package in *main*), > Hmm, what I intend to do conforms to the first sentence of the paragraph > (the packages to go into main do not require or recommend a package > outside of *main* for compilation or execution), If you need a non-free package to build the binary packages, that's what "require a package for compilation" means. That's referring to the build of the binary packages. Packages can only go into main if they can be built using only other packages from main. -- Russ Allbery (r...@debian.org) <https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
